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<h2 style="text-align:center;"><font size="3"><strong>Produced & Directed by Andrew Higgs<br><span>Assistant Direction/Stage Management by Alex Tomaso</span><br><span>Music Direction by To Be Announced</span><br><span>Choreographed by To Be Announced</span></strong><br><strong><span>Sound Design by Winn Huntley</span></strong></font><br></h2>
<h2 style="text-align:left;"><strong>July Theater Camp</strong><br></h2>
<div class="paragraph" style="text-align:left;display:block;"><font size="4"><em><font color="#FFFFFF"><font color="#000000">The
Troy Acting Guild will be presenting a three week summer camp
production in which students will study blocking, choreographing and
acting over the camp period. There will also be several workshops that
cover all forms of theater, ie. performance and production track.</font></font></em></font><font color="#000000"><br><span></span><br><font size="3"><strong>Audition Expectations:</strong><br> Auditions for actors/actresses ages 13-21 are scheduled for Saturday, <font size="3">March</font> 1<font size="3">6</font> from <font size="3">1<font size="3">1</font></font>:<font size="3">3</font>0 to <font size="3">1</font>:<font size="3">0</font>0
at Trinity Church (585 4th Ave. in Lansingburgh, NY). Applicants
should come willing to sing 16 measures of the song(s) specified below
and read from the show (each audition song is specific to the
character that you will be auditioning for, will be updated below in the
coming days). There will also be a dance audition, as this show is
very dance intensive (please dress appropriately). An accompanist and
CD player will be available. <strong style="">NO ACCAPELLA AUDITIONS</strong> will be permitted<font size="3">. Th<font size="3">e<font size="3">re is a possibility <font size="3">of a callbac<font size="3">k<font size="3"> later in the afternoon.</font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font><br><br><font size="3">There are <strong style="">30 - 35</strong> available roles for this production.<br><strong style="">ALL ROLES ARE AVAILABLE</strong><br>***
If cast in the production, you are required to accept or decline
your role within 24 hours of the offer or roles will be recast.<br><br><strong style="">TUITION PAYMENT:<br> </strong>The tuition for this program is $300 per participant (this covers all of the costs of the 3 week summer camp). </font><br><em><strong><font size="3"><span>Camp
will run Monday thru Friday (9am to 4pm) from July 1 to July 19, 2013,
with performances on July 19, 20 & 21, 2013 (4 performances). There
will be a evening read through planned for the month of JUNE, as well
as a few evening music rehearsals (dates TBA pending on Music Directors
schedule).</span></font></strong></em><br><font size="3"> At the
audition you are expected to pay a $25 audition fee. If cast in the
production this fee will be deducted from the remaining tuition
balance. If your child is cast and does not accept the role this fee
is NON-REFUNDABLE. If your student is not cast in our production your
original check will be returned to you. If cast in the production
you have 24 hours to accept or decline your offer, please note that
after that 24 hour grace period the role will be recast. The script
pick up is scheduled for our read through in early June, your tuition
balance will be due on MARCH 22, 2013. <br><br><strong style="">PLEASE contact us for payment plans and scholarships for this show!</strong></font><br></div>
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<h2 style="text-align:left;"><strong><font size="7">Characters/Audition Song Selection</font></strong></h2>
<font color="#ffffff"><strong><em>*<font color="#000000">*
PLEASE NOTE: For your audition you must choose 16 measures of the
songs provided and bring sheet music or an accompianment CD for your
audition. Anyone auditioning for Ensemble is asked to sing one of the
songs from the show below, preferably the chorus part in "In the
Heights"** </font></em></strong></font><font color="#000000"><br><br><br><strong>Usnavi,
the owner of a bodega in Washington Heights. He was named after one of
the first sights his parents saw when they arrived in America, a US Navy
ship. He dreams of going to the Dominican Republic, his parents'
homeland. Abuela Claudia, the neighborhood matriarch, practically raised
him. He is in love with Vanessa. (Audition Selection: In the Heights)<br><span style=""></span><br><span style=""></span>
Abuela Claudia is the matriarch of the barrio who knows everybody and
is like a grandmother to all ("abuela" means "grandmother" in Spanish).
She is the one who looked after Usnavi when his parents died. She was
moved from Cuba to New York when she was a child. She worked as a maid
for several years but never earned the money for her and her mother to
travel home. (Audition Selection: Paciencia y Fe)<br><span style=""></span><br><span style=""></span>
Vanessa is Usnavi's love interest who works at Daniela's salon. She is
stunningly beautiful and catches the eye of every guy in the heights,
however she takes interest in Usnavi. She lives with an alcoholic mother
and dreams of getting out of the barrio and getting an apartment
downtown, but cannot afford it. (Audition Selection: It Won’t Be Long
Now)<br><span style=""></span><br><span style=""></span> Nina
Rosario is the daughter of Kevin and Camila. She is the first to go to
college (Stanford University), and everyone in the barrio admires her.
However, she returns home from school for the summer with difficult news
to tell her parents. She is the typical "good girl" and always got
along with her parents. However when she returns home she loses patience
constantly over her father's overprotection and refusal to accept
Benny. (Audition Selection: Breathe)<br><span style=""></span><br><span style=""></span>
Benny works at Kevin's dispatch. The only non-Spanish-speaking member
of the community, he falls in love with Nina. He dreams of opening his
own business, "Benny's Car Service". (Audition Selection: Benny’s
Dispatch)<br><span style=""></span><br><span style=""></span> Sonny is
Usnavi's sassy, lazy, yet ambitious younger cousin who works in the
bodega. He is typically the laughing stock of the Barrio, but he hides
his intelligent and thoughtful side. (Audition Selection: 96,000)<br><span style=""></span><br><span style=""></span>
Daniela is the outrageous owner of the salon where the neighborhood
girls gossip. She is very bold and loud but loves to gossip and cares a
lot about her employees, especially Carla, one of her oldest friends.
(Audition Selection: No Me Diga)<br><span style=""></span><br><span style=""></span> Carla works at Daniela's salon along with Vanessa, and is Daniela's oldest friend. (Audition Selection: No Me Diga)<br><span style=""></span><br><span style=""></span> Kevin Rosario: This role has been precast and will not be available at auditions. <br><span style=""></span><br><span style=""></span> Camila Rosario: This role has been precast and will not be available at auditions.<br><span style=""></span><br><span style=""></span>
The Piragua Guy (Piragüero) is the owner of a small piragua stand that
competes with Mister Softee. (Audition Selection: Piragua)<br><span style=""></span><br><span style=""></span>
Graffiti Pete is a graffiti artist and friend of Sonny. Usnavi
believes he is a trouble-making vandal, but Pete is really a
good-hearted artist. (Dependent on Dance Audition)</strong></font></div></body></html>